Coalition force members walk through an Afghan National Army compound during a visit with Afghan National Security Force partners in Farah province, Afghanistan.

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Rob Curtis
Military Times (via USA Today)

More than half of the tens of thousands of body armor plates worn by special operations forces in the U.S. military are being recalled for replacement, Military Times has learned.

The equipment is manufactured by Ceradyne Defense, a company that has supplied the U.S. military for decades and shares similar technology with other armor plates used in the Defense Department's inventory.

The technology failure has been the focus of months of analysis overseen by Special Operations Command, according to documents reviewed by Military Times.
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